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Bug 4198 - Glint fails with new rpm-3.0.x
Summary: Glint fails with new rpm-3.0.x
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: glint
Version: 5.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Erik Troan
QA Contact:
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: 4795 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-07-24 19:30 UTC by Simon Hill
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 1999-09-19 18:50:31 UTC
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Description Simon Hill 1999-07-24 19:30:01 UTC 
After installing the new rpm-3.0.2-5.x, and
rebuilding the rpm database with rpm --rebuilddb,
glint was unable to read the new rpm database format.

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "./glint.py", line 49, in ?
    installedPackageSet = InstalledPackageSet()
  File "./packageset.py", line 133, in __init__
    self.db = RPMDatabase(prefix)
  File "./rpmdb.py", line 61, in __init__
    self.OpenDatabase(Prefix)
  File "./rpmdb.py", line 26, in OpenDatabase
    self.reopen()
  File "./rpmdb.py", line 41, in reopen
    self.db = rpm.opendb()
rpm.error: cannot open database in /var/lib/rpm
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-08-31 15:59:59 UTC 
*** Bug 4795 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

After upgrading to the latest rpm (3.0.2) from your Support
list, glint does not work.  Also, the X-Windows Package
Management tool (which envokes glint) does not work.
Executing glint from the command line results in the
following messages:
  bad option 'macrofiles' at /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:256
  Glint Graphical Package Manager -- version 2.6.2
  Copyright (C) 1998 - Red Hat Software
  This may be freely redistributed under the terms of the
   GNU Public License
  Traceback (innermost last):
    File "./glint.py", line 49, in ?
      installedPackageSet = InstalledPackageSet()
    File "./packageset.py", line 133, in __init__
      self.db = RPMDatabase(prefix)
    File "./rpmdb.py", line 61, in __init__
      self.OpenDatabase(Prefix)
    File "./rpmdb.py", line 26, in OpenDatabase
      self.reopen()
    File "./rpmdb.py", line 41, in reopen
      self.db = rpm.opendb()
  rpm.error: cannot open database in /var/lib/rpm

I downloaded the rpm and rpm-devel RPMs from the errata
list, and did a "rpm --rebuilddb".  Problem persists.
Comment 2 David Lawrence 1999-09-19 18:50:59 UTC 
Glint has been deprecated and will probably disappear in following
releases. Gnorpm as was shipped with 6.0 is a better and more modern
choice for rpm package maintenance.
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